• Yahweh Saves in Times of Trouble

  • 1 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good, For His lovingkindness endures forever.
  • 2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
  • 3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
  • 4 They wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland; They did not find an inhabited city.
  • 5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted within them.
  • 6 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses.
  • 7 He led them by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city.
  • 8 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
  • 9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
  • 10 There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death, Prisoners in affliction and irons,
  • 11 Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
  • 12 So He subdued their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help.
  • 13 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
  • 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.
  • 15 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
  • 16 For He has shattered the doors of bronze And cut through the bars of iron.
  • 17 Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
  • 18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they reached the gates of death.
  • 19 Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses.
  • 20 He sent His word and healed them, And provided them escape from their destructions.
  • 21 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
  • 22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with joyful singing.
  • 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on many waters;
  • 24 They have seen the works of Yahweh, And His wondrous deeds in the deep.
  • 25 He spoke and set up a stormy wind, Which raised up the waves of the sea.
  • 26 They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in the calamity.
  • 27 They staggered and swayed like a drunken man, And all their wisdom was swallowed up.
  • 28 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
  • 29 He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed.
  • 30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He led them to their desired haven.
  • 31 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men!
  • 32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders.
  • 33 He makes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground;
  • 34 A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the evil of those who inhabited it.
  • 35 He makes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;
  • 36 And there He causes the hungry to inhabit, So that they may establish an inhabited city,
  • 37 And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce a fruitful harvest.
  • 38 Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease.
  • 39 But when they decrease and are bowed down Through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
  • 40 He pours contempt upon nobles And makes them wander in a pathless void.
  • 41 But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.
  • 42 The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
  • 43 Who is wise? Let him keep these things, And carefully consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.